Cutter relief mechanism for machine tools



W. E. SYKES March 11, 1930.

CUTTER RELIEF MECHANISM FOR MACHINE TOOLS Filed July 14, 1921 4 Sheets-Sheet 1' W. E. SYKES March 11, 1930.

CUTTER RELIEF MECHANISM FOR MACHINE TOOLS Filed July 1-1:, 1921 v 4 Sheets-Sheet 2 March 11, 1930. w. E. sYKEs 1,750,028

CUTTER RELIEF MECHANISM FOR MACHINE TOOLS Filed July 14, 1921 4 Sheets-Sheet 3 March 11, 1930. w. E. sYKEs CUTTER RELIEF MECHANISM FOR MACHINE TOOLS Filed July 14, 1921 4 Sheets-Sheet 4- Zlnuenfoz WET-317626 Ytioned it is usua turn or nomoperatiye stroke,

Patented Mar. 11, 1930 UNITED ,-SLT"ATES;E- PATENT 1"ormcniizr WILLIAM DWIN. .sYxns -or. SLOUEGH, ENGLAND cu'r'rnn BELIEFMMECHANISM roe-MACHINE moors Application filed July 14,1921,Serial-No. 484,713, and in GreatBritainAugust; 30, 1320.

applied to machine. tools generally and .Wltlb out li i e t esse wt ieg or n a i mach ne. .The reliefi -n1echan1sm, cla1med-, While partlcularly applicable to machines adapted for cutting either straight tooth gear spor sin glehelical or doublehel ical gears,

is applicable also to machinesfor cutting vari: ous forins o fteeth, r'ibs or' grooves- 0n various forms of "work. H My. improvements are espe;

cially useful when, as is irequently. the case, it is desired that {the cutter form either a grooved recess or ,a'v rib which extends. in-

Wa-rdly from an outer edge of the ork and there abruptlyterminates at shoulden or .25 bysuch abrupt termination forms a sharply;

defined shoulder; 1

In inachinesof the general type above menlQto itllQlKWlthClTiLWthe Work slightly; away. from the c withdrawithe cutter from the work. Mecha-. nism hitherto. employed. for effecting, the Withdrawal ofthe cutter awayfroin thework has be return 6 stroke, but although such pmech-anisin Works" sati Work it do I required for the highestclass or Work. especiallywhen cutting closeup to a Well defined sh alder. Lil; ise.themechanisineinployed efi tinslth ni id wel Pf theqwbrk cutter s f i ly s a t ry for some classes oise than When that the mechanismemployed in suclra case 11? 1 m e es icemrlieeted en .11

cases of large and .heavy blanlgs is cumber 7 f e l in ere a we some andythere 4 idly a 'GQIITLIGQAIEOI' suchanoperation.

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utter on thereor to slightly en arranged to tiltthe putter .on thesfactorily for the average class of 5 e sir he d gree of. tr ason the. cu ter. i hdraw Thefchief object, therefore,of this in en-..

ationis to provide.anwimproved cutter reliefi i mechanismi'on a machine in which [there is a relative reciprocating movement betweenvthe cutter-and: theiwork and wherein it is de= *5 ,sired-to relieve; the cutter: IEI'DD'lrCOIltfiCt with r the work during the inoperative or non-cut ting stroke by motionof the cutter itself. l 1 y Anotherobject of this invention is to pro- Vide .a cutten'relief inechanisinwhich will be adaptablefor use .on all classesgof reciprocat- 1 ing metal cutting machines, wherein either.

i one cutter is usedor whereina plurality of cutters orking alternately. or together are.

used" i l A still further obj ect-of thisinvention: is to:

provide acutter reliefmechanism which will. l l givesatisfactory service in such types of ma- 1 i ..ch1nes, especially here the cutter or cutters--..

are required to form either a grooved recess. a j-vjor a r hupon the surface of the-worlnuex tending inwardly froin an edgepf theravork l and terminating abruptly either at. a shoulden. already present or ashoulder formed hy the cut itself.

To these ,of parts to he claimed. p

In the accompanying drawings ing; the invention applied and. other ends, theinvention consists n the novel features and. combination i Fig; 1 a plan of a part of amachinehaw 1 hereinafter. desoribed and f Fig; 2 is a frontelevationof the same mas chine Fig. 3 is an endeleu chine; V

Fig. iiis section 4 4 of Fig. 21;. Fig. 5 isiarightdrand end elevation -tain parts of the :machine; r

Fig.6 is section 6.6 of Fig: 2, and, I Fig. 7,-is section 7w? of Fig.6. The; invention will. be describe ation of the same Ina-a of cer d with "ref: A a

erence to the accompanying drawings, WllQlQr' similarin construction to that referred to ih in it is shown applied to a machine Which is my prior U. S. PatentNo. 1,323,120 and Which--" is adapted to out donblehelicalteeth on a circular blank by means of apairof recipro i eating pinion shaped cutters.

The general constructlon and operation of the machine selected to which the invention is a plied, 18 as follows: Y

rough suitable mechanism, comprising,

in this instance, a power-driven pulley shaft g connected by a worm wheel and worm to the crank disk m, the crank pin m and crank block m the carriage l is reciprocated in a plane parallel with the face of a blank B. Cutter supports or cutter spindle housing 6 and f are slidably mounted upon inclined guide, members or saddles p by guide plates 0 The.

guide members p are secured to and in proper position on the carriage l by clamps reci rocated therewith, whereby the cutter sha ts c and d, with the cutters a and b, are

also reciprocated across the face of the blank B. During this movement, the cutters are given a twisting movement b the helical screws h and 1", respectively, which slide with I0 the cutter shafts through the cutter control mechanism carriers u, and are guided by the helical guide nuts 9' and k. Because of this arrangement, one cutter is cutting into the blank while movin from an edge of the same 85 toward the center t iereof, while the other outter is'being withdrawn from the blank. The cutter which is not cutting is forced away from the blank and out of contact therewit 1 by the action between the inclined surfaces 0 of the guide members. 12 and the bases of the cutter spindle housings. e and Stops p and t a e p v d d n e ch t e gui e main s p. to limit the amount of relief and to act as the driving connection between the #5 parts, p. driving the housing in one direce tio w e p n t e r v sa cf t e c prqcgtingmoveinent, p: drives the housinglm the other. direction. The amount of relief given the cutter depends upon the angle offinclin ation of the contacting surfaces of; theguide members p and the bases 0, and the amount of lost motion extending between the base of the housing and the stops p and p. Springs 8 secured within the stops p a and extending into the housing bases tend to keep the housings e and f in the cutting posi tion and assist the parts to adjust themselves at the completion of the backward or noncutting stroke. The tension of the springs S is adjustable by means of set screws 8 It is, therefore, obvious that each cutter is relieved from contact with the blank during its withdrawal therefrom or non-cutting stroke in a direction at right angles to the direcl tion of its travel, which facilitates the operation of such a cutter in cutting a groove or tooth close up to a shoulder, which operation has been particularly difiicult when relieving mechanisms of the swinging type have been .used. I

The shafts connected to the cutter a is directly connected to the helical screw it, and the shaft d controlling the cutter b is connected to the helical screw 2'. The helical screws h and i are necessarily closely confined from its cooperating abutment.

within the carriers a cooperate with the guide nuts j and 7a and, therefore, of these carriers are allowed to remain stationary during the operation above describedfthe shafts c and d would be distorted and forced out of alignment with their respective helical screws: when the relieving action given tothe cutters takes place. In order-to overcome this distortion which might be injurious. to; the parts, the carriers u are also given a back and forth movement, simultaneously With the cutter relieving movement. This is accomplished by the use of' camsc'mounted upon the rock shafts c which are operated in the proper timed relation with the reciprocating movement of the carriage Z by the various levers and links 22 '0 '0, shaft t, levers t t and t, which are controlled by the cam t secured upon the same shaft as the crank disk m. In addition to the cams 4) which force the carriers u inwardly,spring abutments m secured to the bracket to return the carriers to their forward position when released from the cam action. The spring abutments m act against a lug 10 secured upon the carrier casing and force the carrier outwardly against an ad justable limiting stop 3/ which is mounted upon the bracket u. i

In certain cases, especially when helical guide nuts having a comparatively slow pitch or short lead are used, and the coeflicient of friction in the helical guides is comparatively high, the relief action will operate reliably, but should the coefficient of friction be comparatively low in the helical guides or alternatively should the lead of the guides belong or should the lead be infinite, which is the case when straight guides are used, then the friction will not be sufficient to hold the housings e and f at the commencement of the return or non-operative strokes of the saddles.

In order to make the relief action independent of any inertia or frictional effect, I arrange in proximity to each of the cutter spindle housings e and f, and in a manner to cooperate with an abutment piece 6 or f, thereon, a cam lever q, which is keyed to a shaft r that is mounted to rock in bearings 0 arranged in lugs projecting from the upper guide plates 0. The cam levers g are mounted to slide on and rock with shaft 1', the levers being set in such relative angular positions;

and the cam faces on the levers being so disposed that when the rocking shaft 1" turns in one direction, the cam on one of the levers will engage with its cooperating abutment and simultaneously the other lever will disengage The engaging action 'of-the cams is so timed by mechanism hereafter described as to occur at the end of the cutting stroke and to continue for the period during which the stops p are out of action, thus, as will be understood preventing motion of the cutters axially due to in order to properly- The movement of the! cams is also iimed to disengage before the connnencementpf the such asitheiguide plates 0.

base 0 of the cutter support cutting. stroke. i i a a a ,Theshaft r may he rocked; in any suitable manner, but the means shown in the drawings are convenient and compriseia rockshaft t which is operatively connectedto zsha tiir by lever, and link mechanism 27 The shaft t is operatively connected by lever and linkinechanism t t t0 theupper arm ofa levertt;

ivotally mounted bet-,Ween'its ends on a hra ket t fixed to themachine. -Thelower arm; of lever tt is adapted to cooperate with arcam i which is of disc formation (Fig.1 3) and is keyed to the shaftthatgis;driven bythe above mentioned ,worm and worm wheel I gearings operated; from: the cone pulley shaft, 9. As the cam t? .revolves the lever i t? gwillgbe rocked and the rocking movement will-Joe translnitted by the saidlever and link mechanisms F, t? totheishaft t. i i

Specificallyithe cutterrelief mechanism of thisinvention consists; of a cutter support having a iflanged base portion 0 slidably mounteduponl a sad le p y u b e ea "At the e ndsof thesaddlemember and locatedto act as stop and driving means for the cutter support are integrallugs ,1)? and 79 :Between those lugs the cutter support is allowed a limited amount of longitudinal slidingmovenient or lost motion,- the distance between the lugs 39 and p being, greater than the length of the f. The abutting surfaces of the cntterisupport base 0 and the saddle p are inclined longitudinally so that the cutter support when against the .lug I p willwextend outwardly- :therefrom a vgreater chine, but being driven so distance than; when it is against the lug 12 i The cutter supports, not being directlysecured upon the reciprocating; part 0f the malelyby the action of the alternately abutting stops p? and 17 upon the saddle p, which is directly secured tozthe reciprocating part of the machine, will lag at theaend of QELCl1SlLI'OkB,l1l1Lt is to say, as soon as one or other ofthetwoicorresponding stops,-.for instance, stop 12 moves out of contactiwiththe adjacent end face ofthe cutter support base 0, the supportwilllag or remainstationary u til the other stop, that is, stop piimakescontact withtheother end to, the friction in the angular face of the .base, 0. 1 During the, periods in which thecutter spindle housing lags it will the face of the work, provided the force due guides is less than the force due to. the inertia of the. cutter spindle housing; the cutter will be bodily withdrawn from the work or pushed in the opposite 1 direction by reason ofthe action of therangularlyedisposed guides In certain instances, however, it will be necessary as ahove pomted i out,to provide po tivereta nin -means te the se During these periods of lag ic h Port d rin rthft read J 1 a m an m b wmaa l a otherwise. 1twill therefo re, be I i H derstood that the ainount ,off rec procating m vem n a saddl P r is e tia i ther c preca nsimoye ehtbf 'hp i e use y m a est th ae ate 'If a. m t, y posed guide to move thecutter'away the, work in a direction at; right angle/s te th tionto, hecutter hefore during he return stroke, prov v r lfidthe direction off 1ncl1naly dlspo ijace thereof andgthus impart a rel ey ng n o" ange in e ir rela i n to the Pa ience, v

of the cutter. i

In: the construction particularly .(Ilcscrib ed andshown in the drawings the inventionl 'is shown applied to a machine employing two cutters: having their axes horizontally disploy ing one cutter only orfto machines eniploying any other number of cutters, or. to

between the t cutters and the lielheah guides maybe adopted.

WhilT eslwan taI lssst bsd min venti n s applied t aser a yp {of r chine itis notr limited to saidappl ication as it is obvious that therelief met st sesscribed is applicable to, other vtyp es of inw s nes new. in use n the utt ng f ethe an various classes of work, 11011 1841118 IIf'VcptiQIl limited to the preferred embo dirnenti shown i inallits details but is capable of manyfimodi- A A. a .1 posed but it may he, applied to lnac hines emfications andvariations'Which willlie within the spirit of the invent on and within the scope of the appended; claims.

Iclaim- 1. Cutter jrelief Jneehanism for machine tools, comprising reciprocablel'member and a 1 tool. support} slidingly mounted ,tliereon, saidtool support being adjustable relatively to said reciprocable member int the direction of the reciprocatingfmovement thereof each a having cooperating means whereby, when one is moved relatively to-the other, arelative movement between said parts at right angles to'the directionfof 'thefirst named niovementis effected." have, no movement in a direction parallel to a 2. Qutt nrelief mechanism for machine tools; comprising aiecipr'ocable meniberand a too supp t li ifi l\P lii r li lt ulpn ift g I T to sa' c pro a f" t r ipre f s i parts having cooperating engag d y t e {Q he were 0 1}? tocanen ther y, an ;p hea pe eaeneimeanser there b when one "is slidingly moved relatively to tli e other a relative bodily movement between the arts in a direction transverse to that of the rst mentioned movement is effected.

3. Cutter relief mechanism for machine tools, comprising a reciprocable member and a tool support sliding mounted thereon, said parts having cooperating means whereby one 1s engaged by the other for reciprocation and other cooperating means whereby, when one is moved relatively to the other a relative movement between said parts, at right angles to the direction of the first mentioned movement, is obtained, and means adapted to resist the action of said engaging means, when said parts are reciprocated in one directlon and to assist the same, when said parts are reciprocated in another direction. I

go 4. Cutter relief mechanism for machine means at each end of tools, comprising a longitudinally reciprocable member, a tool support slidingly mounted thereon, means to longitudinally adjust said tool support with respect to said member, said member adapted to alternately engage said tool support to reciprocate the same in opposite directions, and cooperating means between said parts where by one is moved at right angles to the direct-lOItOf the reciprocating movement, relatively to the other, when said tool support engaging means are alternating.

5. Untter relief mechanism for machine tools, comprising a reciprocable member and a tool support slidingly mounted thereon, means at each end of said member to engage said support alternately as the reciprocating movement alternates, there being lost motion allowed between said engaging means and said su port whereby said support may lag before eing alternately reciprocated, means to cause said support to lag, and cooperating means between said parts whereby one is moved at right angles to the direction of the reciprocating movement relatively to the other, when said support is lagging.

6. In a metal cutting machine, a reciprocating carriage, a cutter relief mechanism including a pair of members slidingly secured together, one of said members being mounted upon said carriage and being adjustable thereon longitudinally thereof, a cutter mounted upon the other of said members, said members being adapted to bodily move relatively to each other at the completion of each reciprocating stroke transversely to the direction of the reciprocating movement of said carriage.

7. In a metal cutting machine, a reciprocating carriage, a cutter relief mechanism including a pair of members slidingly secured together, one of said members being mounted upon said carriage, a cutter mounted upon the other of said members, said members being adapted to bodily move relatively to each other at the completion of each reciprocating stroke transversely to the direction of the reciprocating movement of said carriage, and operable means to positively insure the relative transverse movement between said members.

8. In a metal cutting machine, a reciprocating carriage, a cutter relief mechanism including a pair of members slidingly secured together, one of said members being mounted upon said carriage, a cutter mounted upon the other of said members, said members being adapted to bodily move relatively to each other at the completion of each reciprocating stroke transversely to the direction of the reciprocating movement of said carriage, and means operable in timed relation with said reciprocating carriage to positively insure the relative transverse movement between said members.

9. In a metal cutting machine, a cutter relief mechanism, comprising a cutter sup port and a reciprocable member, said support and member being slidingly connected together and being adjustable one with respect to the other in a longitudinal direction and each having cooperating surfaces, the surface of one being inclined whereby said support is bodily moved transversely relatively to said member during their sliding movement.

10. In a metal cutting machine, cutter relief mechanism comprising a cutter support and a reciprocable member, said support and member being slidingly connected together and being adjustable one with respect to the other in a longitudinal direction and each having cooperating surfaces, the surface of one being inclined, and means on said member for engaging said support at each end of the cooperating surfaces to limit the sliding movement therebetween and to connect said support to said member for reciprocation thereby.

11.' In a metal cutting machine, cutter relief mechanism comprising a cutter support and a reciprocable member, said support and member being slidingly connected together and having cooperating surfaces, the surface of one being-inclined, and means on said member for engaging said support at each end of the cooperating surfaces to limit the sliding movement therebetween and to connect said support to said member for reciprocation thereby, and means to positively insure the sliding movement of said support upon said member.

12. In a metal cutting machine, cutter relief mcchanism comprising a cutter support and a reciprocable member, said support and member being slidingly connected together and having cooperating surfaces, the surface of one being inclined, and means 011 said member for en'gaging'said support at each end of the cooperating surfaces to limit the sliding. movement therebetween andito connect said/support t0 saidimemberi for-reciprm cation thereby, and means; open ble in" timed relation relative to thereciprocating move-v ment of said member to insuretrelative sliding movement between said support and said member in one direction.

13LIn a metal cutting machine,lcutter relief mechanisnr comprising a cutter support andsa reciprocablemembcr, said support and member: being; sliding-1y connected together and having cooperatingsurfaces, the'surface oiione being inclinedand means on said member for engaging said-support at each end offtlie cooperating: surfaces tor-limit the slid: ing movement therebetween and to i connect said! support. to said member for reciprocation thereby, means to insure relative slidingmovementbetween saidsupport and said member in. one direction and resilient means to assist. relative; sliding movement, between said support and said member in another di I'BGtiOILm lei-.1 In. a metal: cutting machine, cutter re: lien mechanism comprising a cutter support and: a reciprocable member, said support and member being slidingly connected together and havingicoopcrating; surfaces, the surface of one lbeing inclinedg and means on said member for engaging said support. at each end of the cooperating surfaces to limit the sliding movement therebetween andtoconnect said support to: said. member for reciprocation thereby, and. means operable in. timed relation relative: to the reciprocating move? ment of said member to insure-relative sliding movement between said support andivsaid member in onedirection and resilient means to assist the sliding movement therebetween in another direction. a

15,0111 a metal% cutting machine, a reciprocati'ng' member, a memberadapted to sup;

port a: toolor the like slidingly mounted thereon,jand rotatably mounted means hav ingaa camming surtaeeengaging a, partof said last mentioned member to move said member relatively to; said reciprocating mem- 16. In a metall cutting machine, a reciproc able member; "means to reciprocate said membenamember adapted to supporta tool or the like slid-ingly mounted upon said reciproeating ,member, rotatably mounted means hav inga camming surifaceengagin-gsaid last mentioned member to move itrelatively to said reciprocating member, said meansfbeing associated with said reciprocating means whereby the last mentioned member will be movedi in timed relation relatively to the reciprocating member.

117. In aimetal cuttlng machine, a reciproeating member, a tool holder mountedupon said? member, said tool holder including a a member slidably mounted uponanother member, and 'arotatable camming member engaging said tool holder and adapted to positively move said movable member, ofsaid toolhplder relatively to ,the other member there- 0 a a a a a i a 18. Cutter relief mechanism for; machine tools, comprising a-;reciproc-able member-and a tool support slidingly mounted thereon, cooperating means between said member and said tool support, including an inclined surit'ace whereby when one slidingly moves relatively to the other thetool supportwill be bodily moved into a p osition whereby the cutter is closer to said member, and rotatable means adapted to engage one of said par-ts to move the same relatively to the other. a

19. Cutter relief mechanism for machine tools, comprising a reciprocablememberand a tool support slidinglymounted thereon, cooperating meansbetween said member and saidtool support, including an inclined surface and a stop to limit the relative sliding movement-between said member andsaid support upon said surface whereby: when one slidingly moves relatively to the other the tool support will be bodily moved to a position whereby thecutter iscloser to said member, saidstopbeing secured to one of said relatively moving parts and being adapted to engage the other whereby both partswill reciprocate together, and rotatable means adapted to engageone of said parts to movethe same relatively to the other against saidstop. a

20. In a metal cutting machine, a work support, a tool carriage, one being reciprocable relatively to the other, a tool support carrying a tool, cooperating meansbetween said tool carriage andsaid tool support, including an inclined surfaeeuponwhich said tool support is adaptedto slide relativelv cable relatively to the other, a tool support carr in a tool coo eratin means between C? 7 b v said tool carriage and said tool support, in-

eluding aninclined surface upon which sald tool support is adaptedto slide relatively to said carriage for bodily moving said tool support toward and away from said work support, cooperating means between said tool carriage and said tool support forlimiting the relativesliding movement thereof, and

means to cause the aforesaid movement of said tool support, including a cammi-ng mem-v ber adapted to engage said tool support.

22. In a a metal working mach ne, a a work support, a carriage reciprocable relatively to said work support, a cutter support secured to said carriage and reciprocable therewith and cutter relief mechanism including a cutter shaft extending in a direction substantially parallel with the direction of the reciprocating movement of said carriage, one

end of said cutter shaft being rotatably mounted in said cutter support, driving means for said shaft adapted to support the other end thereof, cooperating means between said cutter support and said carriage to move said support and the cutter shaft end sup ported thereby away from said work support, and means to move the shaft driving means and the shaft end supported thereby in the same direction a substantially equal amount.

23. In a machine tool, a reciprocable carriage, a cutter support slidingly mounted upon said carriage, a cutter shaft rotatably mounted in said support with its axis substantially parallel with the direction of the reciprocating movement of said carriage, in combination with cutter relief mechanism comprising means mounted on said carriage and reciprocable therewith, and a cooperatingpart on said cutter support operable at the end of each stroke of said carriage to move said support and said cutter radially with respect to the axis of said cutter, and transversely with respect to the direction of the reciprocating movement of'said carriage.

24. In a machine tool, a reciprocable memher, a. cutter support reciprocable therewith,

a. circular cutter having cutting teeth adjacent its periphery rotatably mounted in said support and secured thereto against relative lineal and lateral movement therebetween, and means on said carriage in cooperating engagement with a part of said cutter support tomove said cutter radially with respect to its axis at the completion of each stroke of said carriage. i

.25. Cutter relief mechanism for machinetools, comprising a reciprocable member and a tool support slidingly mounted thereon, each having cooperating means whereby when one is moved relatively to the other, a relative movement between said parts at right angles to the directionof the first named movement is effected, said support being ad justable on said member longitudinally with respect to the direction of the reciprocating movement of said member without affecting the aforesaid action of said cooperating means. i

26. Cutter relief mechanism for machine tools, comprising a reciprocable member and a tool support slidingly mounted thereon, said support being adjustable mounted upon said reciprocable member with respect to the direction of the reciprocating movement thereof, saidparts having cooperating means whereby one is engaged by the other for reciprocation thereby, and other cooperating meanswhereby when one is slidingly moved relatively to the other a relative bodily move ment between the parts in a direction transverse to that of the first mentioned movement is effected without affecting the adjustment therebetween.

27. In a metal working machine, a frame, a reciprocating slide mounted on said frame, a cutter support, and means for slidably mounting the cutter support on said slide including an inclined surface upon which the cutter support is adapted to move relatively to and toward the slide.

28. In a metal working machine, a frame, a reciprocating slide mounted on said frame, a cutter support, and means for slidably mounting the cutter support on said slide including an inclined surface upon which the cutter support is adapted to move relatively to and toward the slide, and means to limit the movement of the cutter support on said surface to limit its movement relatively to the slide.

29. In a metal working machine, a frame, a reciprocating slide mounted on said frame, said slide having a guideway thereon, a cutter support carrying a cutter, said cutter support being connected to saidslide to move on said guideway in an inclined direction relatively thereto, whereby when the slide moves relatively to the cutter support the cutter will be caused to move in a direction toward and away from the slide.

30. In a metal working machine, a work support, a reciprocable cutter carrier, a cutter holder mounted upon said carrier for bodily adjustment lengthwise of said carrier and for additional bodily movements on the carrier in a plane transverse to the direction of the aforesaid movement to effect a relief of the cutter from the work.

31. In a metal working machine, a frame,

7 a reciprocating slide mounted on said frame,

said slide having a guideway thereon, a cutter support carrying a cutter, said cutter support being connected to said slide to move on said guideway in an inclined, direction relatively thereto, whereby when the slide moves relatively to the cutter support the cutter will be caused to move in a direction towardand away from the slide, and meansto limit the movement of the cutter support on said slide in its movements in the inclined direction.

32. In a metal working machine, a frame, a reciprocatory slide mounted upon said frame, a member mounted on said slide for longitudinal adjustment in the direction of the movement thereof, and a cutter holder mounted on said member for movement relatively thereto in a direction transverse to the movement of the slide.

33. In a metal working machine, a frame, a reciprocatory slide mounted on said frame, a bearing carried by said slide, a spindle journaled in said bearing and having a cutter mounted thereon with its axis parallel to the a reciprocatory slide mounted on said frame, a bearing carrled by sald shde, a spindle journaled in said bearing and also in another bearing on said frame, a cutter mounted upon said spindle, and means to move both of said spindle bearings in a direction transverse to the spindle axis.

85. In a metal cutting machine, a frame, a work support, a slide reciprocably mounted on said frame, a cutter carried by the slide for movement therewith and also relatively thereto, a shaft journaled in bearings on said frame, a cam on said shaft for movement thereby and being slidable with said slide, said cam being associated with said cutter to move it relatively to the slide to effect a relief movement thereof relatively to said work support, and means to operate said shaft.

36. In a metal cutting machine, a frame, a longitudinally reciprocahle spindle mounted upon theframe, a cutter mounted upon one end of said spindle for movement therewith, a casing movably mounted on the frame and having the other end of said spindle journaled therein, cutter relief mechanism including a shaft mounted on said frame, and synchronously operating means operable by said shaft to engage said casing to effect a movement of said spindle and to move said cutter in a direction transverse to the direction of said spindle reciprocating movement.

37. In a metal working machine, a frame, a work support, a cutter reciprocably mounted on said frame, a spindle upon one end of i which said cutter is mounted, a casing mounted upon said frame for movement toward and away from said work support, and having the other end of said spindle journaled therein, and cutter relief mechanism including means operable in timed relation with the reciprocating movement of said cutter to move said casing.

38. In a metal working machine, a frame, a work support, a cutter support reciprocably mounted on said frame, a spindle having a cutter mounted upon one end thereof, said spindle being journaled in said cutter support adjacent said cutter, a casing mounted upon said frame for movement toward and away from said work support and having the other end of said spindle journaled therein, and cutter relief mechanism including means operable in timed relation with the reciprocating movement of said outter support to move said cutter support and said casing-transverse to the axis of said spindlev other end of said spindle :upon said frame, and cutter relief mechanism including means acting upon both ends of saidspindle to move said spindle transversely to the direction of the reciprocating movement of said carriage.

40. In a metal working machine, a frame, a carriage reciprocably mounted upon said frame, a pair of cutter spindles extending in parallel to each other along said carriage and having an end of each journaled thereon, means to support the other end of each of said spindles upon said frame, and cutter relief mechanism including means acting upon both ends of each of said spindles to move said spindles transversely to the direction of the reciprocating movement of said carriage.

41. In a metal working machine, a frame, a carriage reciprocably mounted upon said frame, a pair of cutter spindles extending parallel to eachother along said carriage and 0 having an end of each journaled thereon, means to support the other end of each of said spindles upon said frame, and cutter relief mechanism including means acting alternately upon both ends of each spindle to alternately move said spindles transversely to the direction of the reciprocating movement of said carriage.

42. In a metal working machine, a frame, a carriage reciprocably mounted upon said frame, a pair of cutter spindles extending parallel to said carriage and being disposed one within the other, said spindles having an end of each journaled upon said carriage, means to support the other end of each of said spindles upon said frame, and cutter relief mechanism including means acting upon both ends of each of said spindles to move said spindles transversely to the direction of the reciprocating movement of said carriage.

In a metal working machine, a frame, a carriage reciprocably mounted upon said frame, a pair of cutter spindles extending parallel to said carriage and being disposed one within the other, said spindles having an end of each journaled upon said carriage, means to support the other end of each of said spindles upon said frame, and cutter relief mechanism including means acting alternately upon both ends of each spindle to alternately move said spindles transversely to the direction of the reciprocating movement of said carriage.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

WILLIAM EDWIN SYKES. 

